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Mukolwe, Micah (author), Di Baldassarre, Giuliano (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author)The growing coincidence of occurrence of natural hazards and vulnerable societies, leading to economic damages and fatalities, has triggered more studies on benefits of prevention measures. This chapter describes a study that aims to demonstrate benefits of risk-prevention measures by applying the KULTURisk methodology (see Chapter 6). The...book chapter 2023
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Vos, Josephine (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author), Pérez-Fortes, Mar (author)Reaching our climate goals will require urgent advancements in the development of fossil-free technologies. Solid-oxide electrolysis (SOE) at high-temperature is a promising candidate for combining CO₂ utilization and renewable electricity use. Explorative techno-economic analyses are being performed to understand the full plant design...book chapter 2023
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Stepchuk, I. (author), Pérez-Fortes, Mar (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)Using alternative carbon sources (ACS) to produce downstream derivatives (DDs) is a promising option for defossilising the chemical industry. However, the potential consequences of using ACS in interconnected petrochemical clusters are generally overlooked. This paper aims to develop a methodological approach for systematically analysing...book chapter 2023
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Pascoe, J.A. (author)This article presents an overview of methods for analyzing the facture and failure of adhesives. Special attention is given to stress analysis in adhesive bonds, as the difficulty of performing an accurate stress analysis is a major limitation of many failure analysis methods. The article also covers the effect of manufacturing and...book chapter 2023
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Liu, Zhengxuan (author), Qiu, Yangzi (author), Jafarinejad, Shahryar (author)Energy, water, and the environment have remarkably complex interrelationships, with these linkages being both direct and indirect. The innovative development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies brings significant opportunities for investigating renewable energy (RE), water, and the environment and presents a multitude of challenges....book chapter 2023
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Shrestha, Ranjit (author), Moradi, M. (author), Sfarra, Stefano (author), Kim, Wontae (author)The infrared thermography (IRT) technique has shown great potential with many applications in a variety of fields, such as aerospace, petroleum, civil engineering, and so forth. This chapter is designed to provide an overview of the method of IRT in non-destructive material evaluation. It begins with the general introduction and development...book chapter 2023
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Cervone, A. (author)This chapter discusses the current status of chemical and cold gas micro-propulsion systems for small satellites, with a particular focus on CubeSats. Initially, a short historical background is presented, focusing specifically on the precursor cold gas systems developed and demonstrated on small spacecraft in the decade 2000-10. A brief...book chapter 2023
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Li, G. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author)The molecular-sized void space of the zeolitic micropores is perfect matrices to encapsulate and stabilize multicomponent and multifunctional complexes that can be used as active sites for a wide range of important catalytic transformations. In this article, we discuss and analyze the key developments of the last decade in the catalytic...book chapter 2023
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Calabrò, Giovanni (author), Le Pira, Michela (author), Giuffrida, Nadia (author), Inturri, Giuseppe (author), Ignaccolo, Matteo (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author)This paper presents an agent-based model (ABM) to simulate and compare two different operation strategies of a public transport service in small-sized cities, namely a fixed-route transit (FRT) and a demand-responsive transport (DRT) service, under varying demand rates and supply configurations. The ABM builds upon a previous work by the...conference paper 2023
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Gao, Q. (author), Yang, Haoyu (author), Shanbhag, S.M. (author), Schweidtmann, A.M. (author)Process design is a creative task that is currently performed manually by engineers. Artificial intelligence provides new potential to facilitate process design. Specifically, reinforcement learning (RL) has shown some success in automating process design by integrating data-driven models that learn to build process flowsheets with process...book chapter 2023
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Jankovic, T.J. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Kiss, A.A. (author)Lignocellulosic biomass potentially represents a great feedstock for biofuel production, but its’ pretreatment needs to be enhanced in order to make biorefineries competitive with fossil fuel based alternatives. One way to make biorefineries more economically viable is to recover and valorize all generated by-products during the biomass...book chapter 2023
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Tan, M.D. (author), Ibarra Gonzalez, P. (author), Nikolic, I. (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)The reliance of the petrochemical industry on fossil-based sources will need to be reduced by the introduction of Alternative carbon sources (ACS). Introducing ACS in a petrochemical cluster will require existing processes to be modified or replaced, potentially affecting other chemical processes within the cluster due to existing material and...book chapter 2023
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Basu, S. (author)In this chapter, we elaborate on several similarity theory-based and empirical wind speed profile formulations. We highlight their strengths and weaknesses through various examples from the literature. Some of these formulations are sometimes inappropriately used in various practical applications (e.g., offshore wind resource assessments). We...book chapter 2023
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Tinti, Francesco (author), Kasmaeeyazdi, Sara (author), Guatame-Garcia, Adriana (author), Chagnes, Alexandre (author), Chernoburova, Olga (author)This chapter addresses the general properties and characteristics of the following residue categories: mining wastes, mineral processing wastes or tailings, metallurgical wastes (slags, dusts, slimes, and muds), and wastewaters. Residue origin, storage, disposal, and a brief indication of associated environmental impacts are discussed;...book chapter 2023
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Timmer, W.A. (author), Bak, Christian (author)This chapter focuses on airfoils for wind turbine blades and their characteristics. The use of panel codes such as XFOIL and RFOIL and CFD codes for the prediction of airfoil characteristics is briefly described. This chapter then discusses the requirements for wind turbine blade airfoils and the effect of leading edge roughness and Reynolds...book chapter 2023
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Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Budzik, Michal K. (author)The bondline thickness is a crucial parameter affecting the strength and toughness of adhesive joints. This parameter is responsible for the stress distribution, and thus, the efficiency of the stress transfer between the adherends, the failure modes, and the correspondent failure loads. However, the available literature reports different...book chapter 2023
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Chandrasekaran, S. (author), Salah, Nora B. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)To be the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, the European Union (EU) should decarbonize the aviation sector. According to the ReFuel initiative, sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are crucial in reducing carbon emissions from the sector. The Clean Sky 2 program by the EU commission, shortlisted four promising technologies - hydro...book chapter 2023
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Pacheco-López, Adrián (author), Prifti, Kristiano (author), Manenti, Flavio (author), Somoza Tornos, A. (author), Graells, Moisès (author), Espuña, Antonio (author)The constant development of new alternatives to treat waste aids in closing material loops towards the circular economy and improving sustainability through the use of new renewable materials and energy. This fact leads to the increasing need for decision-making tools for process synthesis and assessment, which can be addressed with an...book chapter 2023
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Chandrasekaran, S. (author), Wammes, Puck (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Advanced biofuels from thermochemical liquefaction, such as pyrolysis (PY) and Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), of olive residues in the Andalusian region of Spain (specifically in the province of Jaen) can potentially play a crucial role in the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the maritime sector. In this study, an...book chapter 2023